Pissed off at/annoyed at/angry at....

[JustVent]

I read this on all the thread titles and I’ve started questioning myself.

Surely it’s ‘I’m pissed off with DH.’

‘I’m annoyed with DM...’ etc etc

Is it a regional thing?

Probably!

Kids now saying 'can I GET?' Rather than can I have?

I'm angry WITH DH because he's a wazzock (generalised description).

I'm angry at DH for not buying me a Bugatti Veyron for Christmas (specific thing he did wrong).

Or at least, that's my version of the difference.

I would tend to say

“I’m pissed off WITH Bob”

“I’m pissed off AT the situation”

And where I’m from, “Can I GET” is the default, I’d say.

Christ, I thought this was going to be yet another first world Christmas problem.

Thank fuck it isn't

I agree op.

I agree op.

Eggymum what you have written is no different. All you’ve done is add more detail to the second version. You’re still pissed off with him.

butchy again, you would be pissed off with the situation, surely?

You can shout at somebody.
You can’t be cross at somebody. It makes no sense.

You can throw something at someone.
You can be annoyed at them though. You’re annoyed with them.

*cant be annoyed at

Bump.

Someone who is good at English please can you tell me?

butchy again, you would be pissed off with the situation, surely?

I would say “at”. I don’t think “with the situation” would be my first go to.

Might be regional.

Where I’m from, we don’t say “aren’t I?” either.

I think you might be struggling to get a definitive answer to the question on Christmas day, OP!

Good point Butchy!!

What region are you from? I’m South East coast.
And if you don’t say aren’t I, what do you say?

So if you wanted to say “I’m right aren’t I?’ What would you say instead?

Merry Christmas by the way!!

Merry Christmas! 🎄

I’m from the central belt, in Scotland.

We would say “I’m right, amn’t I?”

Can we also dial down on the use of 'pissed' without 'off' to mean angry. If you're pissed at all with somebody, you're drunk. Not angry. At least not unless you're in America.

Rather than can I have?
Or can I have rather than may I have.

I’m from the central belt, in Scotland. We would say “I’m right, amn’t I?”
I’m there too. I hate this!

"Can I get" makes me say "You are not American.."

yes, who wants to watch starving children whilst stuffing your ugly face?

am I not

yes, who wants to watch starving children whilst stuffing your ugly face?

You on the right thread, hen?

With a person.

At a thing.

If you are "pissed off at Bob" then you are not thinking of him as a person, you are thinking of him as an object or a problem.

Thank you Chelle!

Costalcommand every man and his dog says ‘pissed off’, for many many years. I doubt it will change soon, definitely not via a Mumsnet thread.

Coastalcommand said pissed ≠ angry
Pissed off = angry
Pissed = drunk.